Category : Files from Magazines
Archive   : SCBENCH.ZIP
Filename : SCRAND.C

 
Output of file : SCRAND.C contained in archive : SCBENCH.ZIP
/*
** 8088/8086 version
** rand(seed) - Generate a random number using a linear
** congruence generator. Seed is the initial seed for
** the generator. On subsequent calls to rand() seed should
** be set to the value of the previeous random number. i.e.:
** newrand = rand(oldrand);
*/
rand(seed) int seed; {
#asm
MOV BP,SP
MOV AX,2[BP] ;Get seed
MOV BX,58653
MUL BX
ADD AX,13849
MOV BX,AX
XOR CX,CX ;For Small-C
#endasm
}


  3 Responses to “Category : Files from Magazines
Archive   : SCBENCH.ZIP
Filename : SCRAND.C
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  1. Daniel says:
    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!

  2. Joshie says:
    March 18, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.

  3. DiskingRound says:
    January 14, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/